Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class
Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class
Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class
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“Misplaced Economy”<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> Daily <strong>Tribune</strong>, April 25, 1922<br />
Cartoonist: John T. McCutcheon<br />
Although the U.S. avoided “foreign entanglements” dur<strong>in</strong>g the isolationist 1920s, issues of foreign policy and defense preparedness<br />
never left the front pages of <strong>America</strong>n newspapers. One contentious issue <strong>in</strong> 1922 was fund<strong>in</strong>g for military aviation.<br />
On April 19, 1925, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a naval appropriations bill that reduced aviation research fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from $4.2 million to $2 million a year. One day before this cartoon appeared, the <strong>Tribune</strong> reported that “Japan is conduct<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
unprecedented campaign of aircraft build<strong>in</strong>g, research, and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g. . . . Our committee would spend $2,000,000 <strong>in</strong> one year<br />
while Japan is spend<strong>in</strong>g $30,000,000 annually.” In June the Senate voted to restore the fund<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Reproduced by permission of the <strong>Chicago</strong> <strong>Tribune</strong>. Digital image courtesy of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.<br />
National Humanities Center <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Cartoons</strong> from the <strong>Chicago</strong> Daily <strong>Tribune</strong>, <strong>1918</strong>-<strong>1929</strong> 10